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CVE-2021-3588 (GCVE-0-2021-3588)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-06-10 02:30 – Updated: 2024-09-16 23:37
VLAI
Title
memory contents disclosure in cli_feat_read_cb
Summary
The cli_feat_read_cb() function in src/gatt-database.c does not perform bounds checks on the 'offset' variable before using it as an index into an array for reading.
Severity
3.3 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-788 - Access of Memory Location After End of Buffer
  • CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds Read
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://github.com/bluez/bluez/issues/70 x_refsource_MISC
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-16 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
BlueZ BlueZ Affected: unspecified , < 5.56 (custom)
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Date Public
2021-06-09 00:00
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